Saturday, October 2, 2010

Some Advice On Google's Local Listing Site

When you create your Google Local Listing, there is one secret that will help you.  I will give it to you as quickly as I can, but I want to tell you that it is very simple and if done every week along with other factors in local search marketing, can help you stay in the rankings.

Tip-Keep Your Listing Updated.  Did you know that all the search engines love fresh and updated content, your webpage listing is considered content to the web spiders, keep your local listing updated and ping the profile or just wait for google's bot to do it.  I am sure because it is on their own server, their is no need to ping.  But you can if you would like.  But I advise against it, because the whole reason for you to do it is to get better Google rankings. 

This tip and many more when you visit local sites website or you can read about more local listing sites and why they matter at this link provided.

Monday, September 20, 2010

How Can You Get Better Local Organic Rankings?

Have you been trying to get local rankings in the organic results?  If so, here are some ways for you to get those organic listings:

-Video Marketing-Video is a great way to capture your audience and pitch your business.
-Article Marketing-Have you seen how many articles there are on the internet today?  Having articles will help you show off your expect knowledge.
-Forum Marketing-When you get involved in the forums for your niche, you can become a real expect and make some real friends who will buy from you and sell for you

These are just some organic ranking ideas for local businesses.  Here is a guide for video marketing which is very easy to use and simple to read.

Here is a guide to get high local rankings in the search engines local business listings with local sites.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Super Easy Tip For Local Listing Profile

After you have received all the local sites that you could possibly , and you have added some videos and have some reviews.  The number one thing you can do which is so simple is............Update Your Local Profile.  Google loves fresh and updated content and can make the world of difference when it comes to local rankings.  Of course the more local listing sites you have it what will really help, but after you have everything in place, just doing some weekly updates or even daily updates can help increase your rankings.


My recommendation, do daily updates with the photos, descriptions, just change small things here and there.  If you have good rankings and everything is fine, don't mess with it until it falls.  And then just update.  Pretty Simple?  Now Go For It!

Check out the links above if you are looking for business listing sites.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Do Local Sites Really Matter?

Many internet marketers believe that local internet marketing is the newest form of marketing that will help them to help offline businesses get established.  But is it really the next hot thing for internet marketers with all the other opportunities out there?  I would say so, if you think about it, local search marketing is expected to grow and Google and other top research companies believe and have stated that as well.

So, if you are an internet marketer, it would be in your best interest to know about local listing sites and other local marketing news, because small businesses really have no clue on how to go about it.  They are so busy with their own client base and then trying to find a new way to market, that internet marketing for them is their last hope. 

What can you do when it comes to local sites and internet marketing?  Well, first you will need to understand that 99% of all the search engines use local directories, maps, and reviews to determine who should pull up in their local listing results page.  But in case you have no idea where to find there local business listings, then you might to follow the link that is provided in these blogs and many more articles to come.

After spending hours, night after night, and week after week.  I realized that everyone is looking for local sites, but it is seeming very hard to get these with all the tools needed to make it happen.  So how can you get the knowledge about these sites.  Here is an idea that cost no money, only time.  The next time you are on a local map site or local directory site, scroll to the bottom and see where their data is being pulled from. 

That is just one way to find their data providers that will open the doors for you to jump on getting local citations on those local listing sites and bring your offline business and your client's business to the first page of the search engines.